HHS Warns 310,000 to Submit Data or Lose ACA Coverage

The federal government sent urgent notices to 310,000 people who obtained Obamacare coverage through HealthCare.gov asking them to provide “citizenship or immigration data” or lose their healthcare by the end of next month.

The Department of Health and Human Services said the cases involved a “data matching issue” whereby the information provided by consumers is “incomplete or different than the information the government has on file.”

The issue could be discrepancies in Social Security or green card numbers — and it doesn’t mean that individuals might not be eligible for Obamacare, the agency said.

The request for the data has nothing to do with whether consumers are born in America or not, an HHS official told Newsmax.

The information must be submitted by Sept. 5, or coverage will end on Sept. 30. HealthCare.gov serves 36 states.

“We want as many consumers as possible to remain enrolled in marketplace coverage, so we are giving these individuals a last chance to submit their documents before their coverage through the marketplace will end,” said Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.